Encoding of situations in the vocal repertoire of piglets (Sus scrofa): a comparison of discrete and graded classifications.

Two important questions in bioacoustics are whether vocal repertoires of animals are graded or discrete and how the vocal expressions are linked to the context of emission. Here we address these questions in an ungulate species. The vocal repertoire of young domestic pigs, Sus scrofa, was quantitati...

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Main Authors: Céline Tallet, Pavel Linhart, Richard Policht, Kurt Hammerschmidt, Petr Šimeček, Petra Kratinova, Marek Špinka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3742501?pdf=render

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